Jacob



(No Model.) Y v P. G. KLINGLER.

GOMMUNION CUP.

Patented Nov. 12", 1895.

F e ll Wmme @A abraza/10% ANDREW BLRAHAM FHOTOLITHO.WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL G. KLINGLER, OF OATASAUQUA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS .'I`O HENRY W. ELSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, AND H. J. KLINGLER & CVO.,

or BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

COIVIIVIUNION-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,798, dated November 12, 1895. Application filed .Tanna-ry 19, 1895. SerialNo. 535,495. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL G. KLINGLEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Catasauqua, in the county of Lehigh, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Communion-Oups,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in communion-cups and it consists of means for self-cleansing or self-drying the mouth or top edge of the same. n

-It also consists in providing the cup with a rim or guard and means for directing the wine from the cup to openings in said guard where the wine is partakenof.

It also consists of means for controlling the rotation of the cup at intervals.

It also consists of means for readily connecting and disconnecting the parts of the device.

Figure l represents a partial side elevation and partial vertical section of a communioncup embodying 'my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section on line oc, Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a top or plan view of the cup and reservoir and one-half of the diaphragm below the latter. Fig. 4 represents a bottom plan view of the cap of the device. Figs. 5 and 6 represent vertical sections of portions on enlarged scales, Fig. 6 showing a modification of the manner of holding the cleansing and drying material in position. Fig. 7 represents a section of another 'portion of my invention, and Fig. 8 represents a bottom plan of the cup.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the several'iigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a communion-cup which is provided with a journal B, depending vertically from the bottom of the cup and freely entering the stem C of the base D. Vithin the cup, above the bottom thereof, is a perforated diaphragm E, on which is seated Vthe stationary reservoir F,

the bottom G of which has openings G therey in adapted to register with the openings E' in the diaphragm E, the openings G being shown dotted in Figs. l and 2. Between the reservoir F and cup A is a chamber H, and below the diaphragm E is a chamber J. At the top of the cup is an inwardly and downwardly projecting rim K, which is of circular form and has mouth-openings L at intervals in the upper end thereof.

M designates a segmental cap which has a channel N in its under side to receive the piece P of sponge or other absorbent material and the piece Q of felt, chamois, or other drying material, said cap occupying a stationary position over the rear portions of the tops of the cup and rim K,leaving the other portions of the tops of the cup and rim free or uncovered, it being noticed that the pieces Pand Q are channeled and freely embrace the adjacent parts of the upper face of the rim, the top edge of the cup and side of the cup just below the said top edge. The cap is connected with arms R, which are immovably attached to the stem C, as at S, and in order to render said cap removable from said arms I employ the screws T, which engage with saidparts, the effect of which is evident.

In order to connect the stationary cap with the reservoir F and permit the ready disconnection of the same, I employ the catches T', which are secured to the reservoir, and have noses which are adapted to engage with shoulders TX on the cap and to be engaged by the plungers U, which are fitted in openings in said cap and pressed upwardly or outwardly by the springs V, as most plainly shown in Fig. 5, it being evident that When Ythe plungers are lowered the noses are forced from the shoulders TX, whereby the cap and reservoir are disconnected. n

In the diaphragm E, at or near its place of connection with the cup, are ports W, which form the means of communication between the chambers J and II, as most plainly seen in Fig. 2.

The reservoir Fhasa lid or cover X, which is screwed or otherwise secured thereto for preventing the wine from escaping from said reservoir when the cup is presented.

In Fig. G I show bands Y encircling the pieces P and Q and being engaged by screws Tin the walls of the cap M for retaining said pieces in position and exerting proper pressure thereon by means of a spring on said screw. V

In Fig. 5 I show a thumb-screw T3 for connecting the cap with the arm s, the parts being on an enlarged scale.

At the top of the stem C is a catch Z,- which receives pressure from a spiral spring Z' under it and is adapted to drop into either of the four openings Z2, arranged at intervals in the bottom of the cup, the nose ofthe said catch being straight on one side and beveled on the other, thus preventing the cup from being rotated in any other than one direction, from left to right, said catch acting as a brake for gently stopping the cup in its quarter turn or rotation at the proper place for presentation to communicant.

The operation is as follows: The reservoir F is supplied with wine, the openings E G being out of register. dien the coniinunien is to be administered, the cup is turned onequarter to the right, through which operation the openings register and close, and sniiicient wine has poured through into tlie chamber J as one communicant will consume. The cup is then ready to present, the mouth-o1`jeni11g L being at the front. Another quarter-turn then repeats the operation, and the cup is again ready to present. rlhe Wine ivhicli drops from the reservoir into the chamber is anleasured q'iiantity, the average amoiint consumed by each individual, and no incre and no less can be taken; llieann'hile the portion of the cup and rim around the openings L Where the mouth or lips touched the same enters the cap M and comes iirst in contact With the sponge P, whereby saliva or moisture and leavings of wine are absorbedafter which said portion reaches the felt, chamois, dac., and is thereby thoroughly cleansed and dried, in which condition when it is again brought to the front it is presented to the subsequent communicant, it being evident that the objections to the use of individual cups and of a cup Where many lips or months are applied thereto at the same place are obviated and the communion may be received in a more cleanly, sanitary, and assuring condition than heretofore, while the rim K also acts as a 1n ustaehe-guard, covering and protecting the Wine against the breath or any foreign matter, and by means of the reservoir, `which drops only the desired quantity, keeps the body of the wine free from contamination or germs which might iioiv back from the lips with the returning Wine after drinking.

The pieces P and Q may be saturated or supplied with a disinfeeting material, preferably inodorous and tasteless, the effect of which is evident.

The cap may be removed when desired and the pieces P and Q displaced an d Washed as desired and replaced.

In the knob of the lid or covering X is a vent for admitting air into the reservoir for evident purposes.

I do not limit myself to the described order of manipulating the cup, as the same maybe varied as desired Without affecting the result.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A self cleansing attachment for a communion cup, consisting of a segmental cap ivith a channel on its under side to receive cleansing material, and means for attaching it to the cup, permitting the rotation of the body of the latter, substantially as described.

2. A communion cup having a cap cover ei'ing a portion of its rim and means con nected With said cup for seciiring said cap thereto, permitting the rotation of the body of the cup, said cap being adapted to contain a` cleaning material, freely contacting with the rim cf tlie cap, siibstantially as described.

A segmental cap for a commnnicn cup, having means for securing it to the base o l' the cup, and means for keeping cleansing material between said cap and the rim oi' said cup, substantially as described.

.t. A communion clip rotatively mounted on a base, arms rising from said base, and a cap sustained by said arms over a portion of the mouth of said cup, the latter containing cleansing material Wliicli is held in contact with said port-ion for the purpose set forth.

5. A communion cup made rotative and containing a stationary reservoir, and a cap held stationary over the mouth of the cup, and containing cleansing and disinfecting material adapted to be held in contact with said mouth, said parts being combined substantially as described.

6. A communion cup having a rimon the interior of the top thereof, with openings for the mouth, and a reservoir in the cup in communication With the same, with chambers Ybetween the reservoir and cup in communication with said openings, substantially as described.

7. A communion cup having a segmental cap, adapted to cover a portion of the rim of the cup, and means connected with said cap for holding cleansing material between it and the said rim, the body of the cup being rotatable, and the parts named combined substantially as described.

8. A communion cup having a self-cleansing and disinfecting device, removably supported over the mouth thereof, a reservoir in said cup removably connected with said cnp, said reservoir and cup being in communica- IOO IIO

tion, and a rim with discharge openings between the tops of said cup and reservoir, substantially as described.

9. A communion cup rotatively mounted on a base, and provided With means for controlling the rotation of the cup and stopping .thesa'me at intervals, substantially as described.

lO. A communion cup having its body ro- PAUL G. KLINGLER. Witnesses:

JACOB APPLEGATE, C. R. HORN. 

